The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

"Before the wildest poker game in history, the was the wildest adventure in the West."

1991

3h 5m

4.6(9 votes)

Western

TV Movie

Overview

Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks want to see them fold before they even get there.

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68 members

Acting

Reba McEntire

Burgundy Jones

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Kenny Rogers

Brady Hawkes

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Rick Rossovich

Ethan Cassidy

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Claude Akins

President Theodore Roosevelt

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Kelley Menighan Hensley

Waitress

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Dion Anderson

Diamond Jim Brady

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Gene Barry

Bat Masterson

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Paul Brinegar

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Jere Burns

Cade Dalton

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David Carradine

Kwai-Chang Caine

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Chuck Connors

The Rifleman

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Johnny Crawford

Mark McCain

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Juliana Donald

Ruby Roy Bean

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James Drury

Jim

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Linda Evans

Kate Muldoon

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Brian Keith

The Westerner

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Jack Kelly

Bart Maverick

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Patrick Macnee

Sir Colin

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Doug McClure

Doug

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Hugh O'Brian

Wyatt Earp

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Park Overall

Melody O'Rourke

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Christopher Rich

Lute Cantrell

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Mickey Rooney

The Director

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Brad Sullivan

Judge Roy Bean

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Dub Taylor

The Westerner's Friend

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Clint Walker

Cheyenne Bodie

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Lisa Rieffel

Jenny Jones

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Miss Rosalee

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Zelda Rubinstein

Butterfingers O'Malley

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Ray McKinnon

Lee Bob

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Barbara March

Prairie Kate

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Alma Martinez

Sonora Sue

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Teri Copley

Daisy McKee

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Kent Broadhurst

Sailor Johnson

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Mary Cadorette

Edwina

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Melissa Hurley

Susanne

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Tammy Amerson

Colette

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Marianne Gordon

Miss LaRosa

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Christopher Cody Rogers

Street Urchin

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Sean Stanek

C.R.

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Dell Yount

Elroy

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Jorge Cervera Jr.

Colonel Volcar

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Sam Whipple

Bert Jeeter

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Tim Choate

'Bad Boy' Jon Wilson

Production

Kelly Junkerman

'Smiling' Charlie Adams

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Ann Gillespie

Eula Boatwright

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Debra Christofferson

Paula Thomas

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Norman Large

Dr. Hewitt

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Pepper Sweeney

Mize

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Mike Pniewski

Ring Announcer

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Kevin Furlong

Johnny Loughlin

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Dean Cochran

Press

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Don S. Davis

Rodeo Announcer

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Pete Antico

Sailor's Trainer

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Max Grodénchik

Bailiff

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Rex Linn

Henry

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John Fleck

Bank Manager

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Jack Lilley

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Doug McDonald

Theo

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Forest Baker

Gunslinger Cowboy (uncredited)

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Bill Blair

Bartender (uncredited)

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Tory Christopher

Posse (uncredited)

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Mike Hagerty

Proprietor of Shinbone Hotel & Saloon (uncredited)

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Patricia Anne Isgate-Hayward

Grocer's Wife (uncredited)

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Clayton Landey

'Lying' Lyman Jones (uncredited)

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Sheila Lussier

Businesswoman (uncredited)

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Kim Miyori

Lady Li (uncredited)

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Theodore Carl Soderberg

Cowboy (uncredited)

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